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Twenty-First Century Artillery: What Can We Learn From the War in Ukraine?

By Robert Simon | December 3, 2024

The war in Ukraine, as the first high-intensity near-symmetrical conflict of the 21st century, has offered some critical lessons on modern warfare and the use of artillery systems, whose role is constantly evolving in a technologically advanced battlefield, where traditional firepower is enhanced by tools like drones and precision-guided systems. The conflict underscores the importance…


Day 1000 Special: A Retrospection; Strategic Analysis

By Wyatt Mingji Lim | November 22, 2024

As the Ukraine war crosses its 1,000th day, we reflect on its enduring impact, the evolving battlefield dynamics, and the broader strategic implications. The war has not only reshaped Ukraine’s landscape but has also influenced global geopolitics, testing the resolve of nations and the resilience of those involved. The Geopolitical Chessboard: Causes and Impacts The…

Austria’s Bold Stance on Russian Gas: A New Chapter in Energy Politics

By Wyatt Mingji Lim | November 20, 2024

The Austrian utility company OMV announced that it would no longer pay for gas supplied by Gazprom, the Russian state-controlled gas giant. This decision came in light of a €230 million arbitration award granted to OMV by the International Chamber of Commerce due to irregular gas supplies from Gazprom. Background of the Dispute The tensions…

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    Why Singapore? For the Kim-Trump Summit

    June 10, 2018
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    “Singapore is in the spotlight, as US President Donald J Trump and North Korean Leader, Kim Jong-Un descend upon the island city-state. For many people around the world, who do not know Singapore well, may be wondering: why Singapore? First and foremost, the most important reason is…   DIPLOMATICALLY PERFECT Singapore is being seen as…

    South Korea’s Fight for Comfort Women Against Japan Is Hypocritical and Further Damages Its Future Relations With It

    June 10, 2018
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    Read anything about South Korean politics and foreign affairs, and it doesn’t take much to find that North Korea and Japan are the two countries which it has had the most thorny relations within its history and still does to this day. Some of the reasons behind them are very well justified, others not so…

    Kim-Trump Summit: What if it fails

    June 9, 2018
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    If you had read my previous article on Kim Jong-Un: The Age Of Kim Jong-Un And His Secret Agenda, I have put on a relatively strong case as to why this upcoming meeting between US President Donald J Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong-Un, would be nothing but a raving success. But let’s take…

    Malaysia tipping the power balance away from China in South East Asia

    June 4, 2018
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    One of the most immediate impact of Malaysia’s General Election on the geopolitics on the world stage, is the tipping the balance of power away from China, in South East Asia. In recent years, China had been banking on Cambodia, Laos, and to a smaller extend Malaysia, to break up the unity within ASEAN (Association…

    “Mahathir”, the Pakatan’s regressive gamble

    May 5, 2018
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    On 8 January 2018, the Malaysian Opposition alliance “Pakatan Harapan” announced Mahathir Mohamed, the former leader of the incumbent, and the former Prime Minister of Malaysia, as the alliance’s prime ministerial candidate in the coming Malaysian General Elections, that is to be held on the 9th May 2018 (4 days from this article). From my…

    Thailand and The Secret War in Laos

    May 1, 2018
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    Thailand is famous as the site of American airbase during the Vietnam War. However, the story I am about to tell is a rare tales about this country involvement in the Secret War in Laos against the forces of the North Vietnamese Army, told by several veterans of the conflicts who share their priceless experiences in this online…

    Contrast between 2 Dictators

    April 19, 2018
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    The geopolitical world of recent weeks, 2 main “flashpoint” that is capturing everyone’s attention, is without doubt: North Korea and Syria. Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by KCNA/AFP/Getty Images, Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images. However the destiny and treatment from USA of this 2 states can’t be more different from one another. In East Asia, North Korea’s…

    Why China imports soybeans from the US?

    April 7, 2018
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    source: https://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/visualize/tree_map/hs92/export/usa/chn/show/2016/ The entire squabble between Beijing and Trump, where they slap tariffs on each other like its just same children game, had shine the spotlight on one particular item, that China had just slap the tariff on: Soybean. A quick search on the MIT’s Observatory of Economic Complexity app, you will find the above visualisation (screenshot)…

    The Age of Kim Jong-Un and his Secret Agenda

    March 18, 2018
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    North Korea finally met their match in US President Donald Trump, as their decades-old strategy of faking concession, threatening war, and giving false promises in exchange for valuable financial and material aids, failed to take off in dramatic fashion, as Trump went tit for tat for every single threat issued by North Korea – and…

    The Turkish Pivot

    January 28, 2018
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    On 24th November 2015, the Turkish air force shot down a Russian Su-24 over the Turkish-Syrian border, in what the world would have considered the boldest act commited by any side in the entire conflict – only ISIS’ decision to actually hold ground and somewhat rule over their conquered territory; and that long train of…

    Prime Ministerial race to divide the PAP?

    January 25, 2018
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    This is an essay that had been circulating around in the social media as well as in private networks like Whatsapp, which a quick research had shown that it is first published by State Times Review (source: http://statestimesreview.com/2018/01/03/source-chan-chun-sing-leading-the-pm-race-over-heng-swee-keat/) According to a source close with the ruling party PAP, a fierce behind-closed-doors infighting is the real…

    Most of the world unites against USA’s Jerusalem embassy move

    December 22, 2017
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    The world unites and railed against US President Trump’s move of the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. As mentioned in the previous article (here), USA had issued threats to all the countries that are receiving foreign aids from the USA to not vote against United States. While the 128 favour vs 9 against sounds…

    Trump promises vengeance against UN member voters

    December 21, 2017
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    At the UN we're always asked to do more & give more. So, when we make a decision, at the will of the American ppl, abt where to locate OUR embassy, we don't expect those we've helped to target us. On Thurs there'll be a vote criticizing our choice. The US will be taking names.…

    Do not worry, Israel – Malaysia is not going to war with you

    December 14, 2017
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    On 9 December 2017, in reaction to the recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel by US President Donald J Trump, the Malaysian Defense Minister, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein shock the world by claiming that the Malaysian military is ready to set out to Jerusalem as soon as the order is received from the…

    Jerusalem: The first step towards long term peace in Israel-Palestine

    December 7, 2017
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    In my opinion, this is the right step forward towards resolving the long time conflict between Israel and Palestine. Denying the number 1 thing that Israel want, will only make it impossible the peace process to be successful. As prove to what I said above, Benjamin Netanyahu reacted to the announcement, calling Trump’s remarks a…

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